General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), Acting Secretary Yassmin Gramian, PennDOT 'Coronavirus Statewide' operations page, updated 10:00 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020: all Driver License and Photo License Centers closed from close of business Mar. 16, 2020 until further notice; driver licenses, photo IDs, learner's permits, CDLs, registrations, safety and emissions inspections and disability placards expiring Mar. 16-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; CDL downgrades for expired medical certificates paused under FMCSA waivers; driver exams through Apr. 3 cancelled; all district and county maintenance offices closed for two weeks; 'construction projects have been suspended in all counties until further notice'; rest areas and welcome centers closed statewide from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 17 with a list of reopened locations; motorcycle training clinics postponed; REAL ID issuance paused; Acting Secretary's order accepting electronic administrative-appeal filings (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-100)
Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners), Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-043)
President Judge Idee C. Fox and Administrative Judge Jacqueline F. Allen, President Judge Administrative Order No. 7 of 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-049)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.), Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-066)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-001 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-010)
Mayor William Peduto, Executive Order No. 2020-002 (Subject: COVID-19) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-011)
Allegheny County (County Executive Rich Fitzgerald; County departments), official web page, Operational Changes for Allegheny County (COVID-19) as posted March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-050)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order declaring a general statewide judicial emergency, In re General Statewide Judicial Emergency, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-084)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), PennDOT release (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-102)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Order of Mar. 16, 2020, No. 531 Judicial Administration Docket (statewide judicial emergency) (Ex. SEC-12-040)
First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Court of Common Pleas and Municipal Court of Philadelphia), Notice: First Judicial District Announces Plans for Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-048)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 9 of 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-050)
Governor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release), Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the Spread (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. PA-081)
President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, Jr, Emergency Order No. 2020-01 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-047)
Montgomery County Recorder of Deeds (Jeanne Sorg) / County of Montgomery, Coronavirus Update: Montgomery County Offices Closed to the Public (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-086)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Administrative Order closing all Pennsylvania courts to the public (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-085)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020), Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-11-021)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020), Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-003)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-005)
Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 26, 2020) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-017)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Supplemental Order - Common Pleas essential functions (non-exhaustive list), Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. PA-086)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Reduced Service Schedules effective March 25, 2020 (COVID-19 schedules page) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-041)
Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Limited Suspension of In-person Regulatory Requirements for Notaries for Real Estate Transactions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. PA-093)
Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), DRPA 'COVID-19 Travel Information & Updates': all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail only (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007)
Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young), Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-068)
PATCO / Delaware River Port Authority, Modified Weekday Schedule effective Mar. 28, 2020 (station closures) (Ex. MET-PHL-082)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (26 counties; extension to Apr. 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. PA-051)
Idee C. Fox, President Judge, Chair, Administrative Governing Board, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 24 of 2020 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-051)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (statewide) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. PA-006)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Second Supplemental Order extending the general statewide judicial emergency and court closure through Apr. 30, 2020; jurors not to report; evictions, ejectments and executions on orders of possession stayed (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. PA-087)
Department of State (suspension granted by Governor Wolf), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Allows Remote Notarization of Some Documents During Coronavirus Emergency (estate planning and other records) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. PA-096)
Christine A. Ward, J, Order of Court of April 6, 2020 extending the March 16, 2020 order that the Sheriff shall not execute writs of possession (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-019)
Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner; adopted by Board of Health regulation Apr. 23, 2020 (effective Apr. 23, 2020), Emergency Order Concerning Operation of Long-Term Care Facilities (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-004)
SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards), Lifeline Service Schedule (release of Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-040)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Donohue, J., for the Court; Saylor, C.J., Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Wecht and Mundy, JJ.), Judicial opinion (majority opinion on an emergency application for extraordinary relief) (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-020)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-018)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Chairman Patrick J. Foye, with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA, MTA press release, Nov. 17, 2020: regional 'Mask Force' with PANYNJ, NJ TRANSIT, Amtrak and SEPTA; masks required by law on New York public transportation under EO 202.18 effective Apr. 17, 2020; $50 fine from Sept. 14, 2020; masks required at all Port Authority facilities; NJ TRANSIT face-covering requirement on vehicles, stations and platforms; SEPTA mask requirement (over 90 percent compliance); MTA voluntary employee screening program (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-091)
Allegheny County Health Department, COVID-19 Guidance: Cloth and Homemade Masks (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-015)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (extension to May 8, 2020) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. PA-009)
General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Apr. 20, 2020, Act 15 of 2020 (S.B. 841) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. PA-076)
General Assembly of Pennsylvania (Act of Apr. 20, 2020, P.L. 82, No. 15), Act 15 of 2020 (S.B. 841) (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-048)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order directing local courts to restore more operations from May 4, 2020, continuing the statewide judicial emergency through June 1, 2020, and extending the eviction stay to May 11, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. PA-088)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (extension to June 4, 2020 for counties remaining in the red phase) (May 7, 2020) (Ex. PA-057)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (May 7, 2020) (Ex. PA-056)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Related to the Dispossession of Property (May 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-14-021)
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), PennDOT news release: Limited Services Available at Additional PennDOT Driver License and Photo License Centers in Yellow Phase Counties (May 15, 2020) (Ex. PA-103)
Department of Human Services (Office of Children, Youth and Families), with the Commonwealth's fingerprint vendor IdentoGO (IDEMIA), Fingerprinting FAQs (May 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-19-015)
President Judge Idee C. Fox, President Judge Administrative Order Amended No. 33 of 2020 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-052)
Governor Tom Wolf, Amendment to the Order of the Governor for Staying the Notice Requirements for Certain Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (scope) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. PA-060)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (per curiam), Order on the cessation of the general statewide judicial emergency after June 1, 2020 (Nos. 531 and 532 Judicial Administration Docket) (May 27, 2020) (Ex. PA-089)
SEPTA (General Manager Leslie S. Richards), SEPTA face-covering requirement for all riders (release of June 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-041)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 11, 2020 clarifying and modifying the Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan entered May 28, 2020 (public access; masks) (Ex. MET-PIT-020)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra Bogen, MD, Director, FAQs on Guidance for Travelers (updated July 3, 2020), restating the Director's June 28, 2020 recommendation of a 14-day quarantine after out-of-state travel (Ex. MET-PIT-016)
Delaware County Council (Chairman Brian P. Zidek) / Department of Public Relations, Release: Delaware County Government Center Opening June 29 (safety procedures for employees and the public) (June 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-042)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Face Coverings requirement for riders and employees; passenger capacity limits (agency COVID-19 page) (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-042)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Staying Notice Requirements for Specified Actions Related to the Dispossession of Property (extension to Aug. 31, 2020) (July 9, 2020) (Ex. PA-063)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Authorizing Commonwealth Agencies to Conduct Administrative Proceedings Online by Video or Telephonic Means (July 10, 2020) (Ex. PA-064)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of July 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-021)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 7, 2020: Judicial Temporary Prohibition on Commencement of Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (Aug. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-022)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (August 31, 2020) (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-023)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Amended Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of August 31, 2020), with the attached Order on Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-024)
Administrative Judge, Trial Division (Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County), Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 56 of 2020 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-053)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of September 15, 2020: Resumption of Jury Trials (Sept. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-025)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra Bogen, MD, Director (Official Advisory from the Health Director; County Executive letterhead), COVID-19 Related Stay-at-Home to Stop Social Gatherings Advisory (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-013)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Mitigation Relating to Travel (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. PA-021)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor Directing Travel Mitigation (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. PA-070)
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Mitigation Relating to Travel (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-06-035)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Mitigation Relating to Travel (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-11-046)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of November 20, 2020) (Nov. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-026)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Mitigation Relating to Travel (Nov. 25, 2020) (Ex. PA-027)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-028)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Room2Ride: vehicle capacity limits (10 riders on a 35-foot bus; 15 on a 40-foot bus; 25 on a 60-foot articulated bus or light rail vehicle) (Dec. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-044)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Amendment of Dec. 9, 2020 to the Order for Mitigation Relating to Travel (quarantine period reduced to 10 days) (Ex. PA-113)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Declaration of Extension of Fifth Judicial District Judicial Emergency (December 3, 2020) (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-027)
Hon. Lisette Shirdan-Harris, Administrative Judge, Trial Division, and Hon. Leon W. Tucker, Supervising Judge, Criminal Section, Trial Division - Criminal Administrative Docket No. 01 of 2021 (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-054)
Port Authority of Allegheny County, Safe to Go plan: rider limits, designated waiting areas, face coverings, nightly disinfection (agency COVID-19 page) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-043)
President Judge Kevin F. Kelly, Sixth Order Extending the Thirty-Second Judicial District's Past Declared Emergency (Jan. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-075)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Termination of the Order of the Secretary for Mitigation Relating to Travel (Mar. 1, 2021) (Ex. PA-032)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 6 of 2021, File 2021-1237, Ordinance 6 of 2021 adding Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-047)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of March 26, 2021: Public Access to Remote Proceedings (AD-2021-43-PJ) (Mar. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-038)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of March 31, 2021) (Mar. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-029)
Council of the City of Pittsburgh; Ordinance 12 of 2021, File 2021-1359, Ordinance 12 of 2021 amending Chapter 782, Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID-19 (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-054)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of April 19, 2021: Resumption of Jury Trials in the Criminal Division (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-030)
President Judge Idee C. Fox, President Judge Administrative Order No. 18 of 2021 (Apr. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-056)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of April 26, 2021) (Apr. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-031)
Patrick F. Dugan, President Judge, Philadelphia Municipal Court, Municipal Court President Judge Administrative Order No. 19 of 2021 (May 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-057)
Hon. Sheila Woods-Skipper, Administrative Judge, Orphans' Court Division, Orphans' Court Division Administrative Docket No. 17 of 2021 (Apr. 22, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-055)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Temporary Amendment to Fifth Judicial District Emergency Operations Plan (Order of Court of May 25, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-032)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of June 2, 2021: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real Estate (Ex. MET-PIT-033)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Acting Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health July 15, 2021 as the Second Consolidated and Restated Supplemental Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 (effective July 16, 2021), Full Reopening Order (June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-018)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of July 1, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-92-PJ) (Ex. MET-PIT-034)
Orphans' Court Division (Administrative Judge), Orphans' Court Division Administrative Docket No. 22 of 2021 (June 28, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-058)
Hon. Lisette Shirdan-Harris, Administrative Judge, Trial Division, and Hon. Daniel J. Anders, Supervising Judge, Civil Section, Trial Division Administrative Docket No. 27 of 2021 (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-060)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request to Temporarily Authorize Court Order to Reduce Evictions (August 4, 2021) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-035)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 6, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Temporary Procedures Regarding Certain Residential Landlord Tenant Actions (AD-21-110) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-039)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 9, 2021: Fifth Judicial District Masking Requirements (AD-21-118) (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-036)
Montgomery County Board of Commissioners with the Office of Public Health, Requirement that all staff and visitors wear masks in all County buildings and facilities from Aug. 16, 2021; recommendation of indoor masking regardless of vaccination status (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-089)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge (request to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, No. 23 WM 2020), Fifth Judicial District Request for Emergency Judicial Order (August 26, 2021): extension of the judicial emergency through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-037)
Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge, Order of Court of August 31, 2021: Resumption of Normal Court Operations (AD-21-128): Advanced Communication Technology and Rule 600 suspension through October 1, 2021 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-PIT-040)
Administrative Governing Board of the First Judicial District, Administrative Governing Board Order No. 25 of 2021 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-059)
President Judge Kevin F. Kelly, Order Extending Stay of Residential Property Evictions; Third and Fourth Orders Extending Stay of Residential Property Ejectment, Eviction and/or Possession and Stay of Levy and Attachment of Personal Property (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-073)
Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District, Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-090)
SEPTA, Reduced 2021 service levels (Regional Rail on a modified Saturday schedule in mid-2021; Board approval in June 2021 of a return to about 60 percent of pre-pandemic Regional Rail service after Labor Day 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-091)
